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William Goodwill - "Caleb Williams"
A murder story and its detection which resembles a crime story -
Edgar Allan Poe - "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
Crime fiction appears for the first time in the works of Edgar Allan Poe. He introduces many of the elements we consider typical of the crime stories we know today.
The omniscient detective - The detective's friend - Material for plots - The unlikely solution - The police. -
Charles Dickens - "Inspector Bucket in Bleak House"
Charles Dickens examined the psychology of the criminal, with an interest in the police. -
Wilkie Collins - "The Moonstone"
Wilkie Collins focuses on the police. In the novel "The Moonstone" is one of the main characters Sergeant Cuff, a skillful police detective. -
Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes
The first Sherlock Holmes "A Study in Scarlet" was published in 1887. There is no doubt that they are a continuation and development of the ideas introduced by Poe. Even in "The Cardboard Box" Doyle refers to an episode in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue". -
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The Golden Age
1920s: The Hard-Boiled crime story - The Hard-Boiled detective is a contrast to the classic detectives, like a more modern version. -
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The modern crime story
It is getting more difficult to define a crime story. New trends:
- The psychological crime story
- The socio-critical crime story
- The crime story as a symbol
- The new police story
- The crime film